How to target success!

How to target success!

As we are only a few weeks into the New Year and with the kids safely back at school and business heating up it seems an appropriate time to remind you of this appropriate homily I wrote a few years back. Almost everyone wants to achieve success but many people just...
Sell easy, sell more

Sell easy, sell more

I’m amazed how many people I see trying to sell their prospects by sitting in front of their computer and doing it digitally using the whole gamut of social media and email options now available to them. That’s often going to result in lots of lost time...
Changing shopping

Changing shopping

Here’s a couple of great thoughts on how some savvy retailers are adapting their businesses to suit changing lifestyles. (Thanks to Felicity, my smart assistant, for mentioning this to me.) Grocers and C-Store owners are responding to new trends according to the...
From the Vault: You gotta love McDonalds!

From the Vault: You gotta love McDonalds!

Recently I posted about how standards seem to have slipped at good old Maccas. Perhaps the reason I felt even more let down on that occasion was because I know how slick the McDonald’s empire has been in the past. Here’s a story from over 10 years ago,...
It pees me off!

It pees me off!

Why do they make exciting promises that are never what they seem? I got a wonderful email from a supplier of pet food and medicines for my dogs and cat. It made me feel good when the subject line read: LAST CHANCE to use your $30 gift! And I read on and got even more...